please test the new PyPI (now in beta)

Bill Deegan bill at baddogconsulting.com
Thu Mar 29 14:55:54 EDT 2018


Re color.
Would the python.org background color (which is darker) work?
To my eyes the background on pypi looks like the highlight color on
python.org
(I've said this earlier, but just curious if that's what others see as well)


On Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 2:33 PM, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

> On 03/29/2018 11:01 AM, Sumana Harihareswara wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, March 28, 2018 at 10:48:52 AM UTC-4, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>
>
> The new PyPI lists of projects wastes too much space, and the bright blue
>>>
>> >> is intolerable.  I can't use it.
>
>>
>> When you say the bright blue is intolerable, I presume it hurts your eyes
>>
> > -- is that right?
>
> That is correct.
>
> Color calibration varies across monitors, some people are sensitive to
>>
> > certain shades of light, etc., so I want to let the designer know more,
> > and ask about it in user testing.
>
> For me it's a matter of brightness; bright colors should be used as
> accents, not as the main course.
> (IMHO, of course ;)
>
> You probably know that, in a real pinch, you can turn off styling entirely
>>
> > for a site in your browser, but I would prefer that you not have to do
> that.
>
> I am vaguely aware of that, but my typical response to such web sites is
> to not use them.
>
> Are the little boxes replaceable by the package authors?  That would be
>>> interesting.
>>>
>>
>> I think you're talking about https://github.com/pypa/wareho
>> use/issues/2211 -
>>
> > if/when we implement that, project logo images could show up on the
> project
> > detail pages, and in search results and similar listings, instead of the
> > white cube.
>
> Cool, looking forward to it!
>
>
> --
> ~Ethan~
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